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Originally Posted by AshWilliams
What do you like about the franchise model? That you get to pay a premium for the privilege of the dealer selling the car to you?
What is this "excellent service" that people are willing to pay extra for instead of getting the best deal for a car? Are the waiting room donuts that good? Is the basic level clerical work they go to get you financed (that any bank or website can do) that critical?
I really want to know.
I know that people make money selling cars, but people made money being bank tellers, sweeping chimneys, and once you didn't buy things on the internet... times change and the franchise dealership model is obsolete and inherently corrupt.
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Over the top.
How are you paying extra to purchase from a franchise? You are the buyer, you can always walk away. When you purchase a car from a manufacturer directly, in markets where it is offered, you pay MSRP (often at a not insignificantly higher cost then the what one would pay here in USD.). Possibly, you may get some sort of factory subsidized incentive on slow moving models (just like here). There is no incentive for one dealer to give you better service or pricing then another when they are NOT franchised. If anything, it provides you with leverage as the buyer that they ARE franchised. I admire your passion, I really do. But your logic is flawed.